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fmckinnon replied on December 22, 2009 01:18 to the question "NetworkedBlogs versus FaceBook Notes importing RSS - which is better?" in NetworkedBlogs:

Hey,
Awesome ... that's kinda what I learned today while experimenting with a 2nd facebook account I created to try it out. I've removed my RSS import from Facebook Notes, and it's Networked Blog all the way.

Second question ... since my blog posts appear in all of my friends' news feeds regardless of whether or not they are "following" my blog in Networked Blogs, what's the advantage of asking people to "follow" my blog via Networked Blogs?

fmckinnon asked a question in NetworkedBlogs on December 21, 2009 12:42:

NetworkedBlogs versus FaceBook Notes importing RSS - which is better?

What is the advantage of using NetworkedBlogs over just importing my blog's RSS feed via the Facebook Notes? I've been doing both, and can't really tell. I suppose my main interest is in what is more viral, and what has the maximum exposure to my current set of Facebook Friends?

When Facebook imports one of my blog postings as a new "note", I'm assuming that all of my Facebook Friends see that I've added a new "note" in their feed.

However, will that work with Networked Blogs, or do only the people who have chosen to "follow" my blog with the Networked Blogs apps get any notification?

I suppose my main question is ... from a Facebook Friends' perspective, what do THEY SEE when Networked Blogs publishes a snippet of my blog post on my profile? (whether they do or do not follow my blog?)

What method gives the maximum exposure to current friends?

fmckinnon shared an idea in LifeChurch.tv on December 19, 2009 11:40:

Victory Bible Reading Plan for the Daily Readers?

Hey Gang, I am excited about the new Bible Reading plans. I wanted to suggest one that's not in there, and maybe you can get in touch with the publisher and integrate it. I've tried several "plans" over the years, but this one, by far, has always been my favorite. It's called the "Victory Bible Reading Plan" by Dr. James McKeever. It is a 1-year plan, and you read the NT twice, and Psalms/Proverbs twice, and of course, the OT once.

I love it because:
1 - every day I get either a Psalm or Proverb in the reading
2 - the OT readings are chronological

I googled it and found several links, the first of which is:
http://christianity.about.com/od/bibl...

I hope you'll investigate and consider adding this bible reading plan to your list of options. If not, I think I may try one of the M'Cheyne plans.

Thanks!

fmckinnon replied on December 10, 2009 22:09 to the question "How to prevent sharing, and different in playback stats?" in SoundCloud:

David, thanks - that's the way I currently have it ... but people can still grab the embed code, share on facebook, etc ... I've got some licensing from some copyright holders, and they want us to stream the song on our site, and provide stats, but they don't want other people to be able to add it to their sites (ie. embed, etc) ... is this possible?

In other words, is there a way I can make it where it:
1 - streams only, no download (easy enough, already have that)
2 - ONLY can be played from my widget on my site, and share/embed code turned off?

fmckinnon asked a question in SoundCloud on December 10, 2009 19:47:

How to prevent sharing, and different in playback stats?

Two questions - how can I prevent sharing (we only want people to stream the song from the widget on our site) and also, on my current stats (we aren't pro yet), it says "20" plays of "36" total ... wassup with other 13 plays - were they not completed? What's the difference between the total number (36) and then specific number of plays (20)?

fmckinnon asked a question in LifeChurch.tv on September 14, 2009 13:38:

Can I view my tags only?

Hi, I'm "tagging" certain Scriptures with keywords to come back to later for topical study and memorization. Problem is, I can't find my "tags". I go to "tags" under community, but it's everyone's tags.

Is there a way to see only "my tags" ... the Scriptures I've tagged, and what those tags are, much like I can view my contributions?

fmckinnon replied on August 31, 2009 20:38 to the question "No Suitable nodes are availalbe??" in Wibiya:

UPDATE: I cleared ALL cookies, history, login, etc., and immediately loaded the homepage. However, as soon as I attempted to login, it processed my login then got stuck again ...

Please delete the registrations for my two accounts (please email me directly so I can give you the account information, I don't want to post my email addresses here in the forum) ... I would love to work with you to get this resolved ASAP and perhaps try again with new registrations.

fmckinnon replied on August 31, 2009 20:27 to the question "No Suitable nodes are availalbe??" in Wibiya:

Hey - still having this issue. I cannot even access your homepage from either of the two accounts that I had invite tokens for. Can these be cleared/deleted, and could I try to start over.

I'm assuming that it's somehow caching me - regardless of which computer I try from (at home or office) - I go to http://www.wibiya.com .. .and it takes forever, then gives me the error - but the page it has redirected me to is:
http://www.wibiya.com/theme2.php

It gets "stuck" on theme2.php.

I'm going to totally clear out my browser cookies and try again ... but may need to get the invites deleted and resent for both accounts.

fmckinnon replied on August 26, 2009 18:41 to the question "No Suitable nodes are availalbe??" in Wibiya:

FYI - just attempted to login from homepage, using Firefox (Mac) and then again in Safari (mac) ... wibiya.com won't respond, eventually times out with a node error.

fmckinnon replied on August 26, 2009 18:38 to the question "No Suitable nodes are availalbe??" in Wibiya:

yeah ... everytime I try to login I get it ... finally I got past the registration screen, and it said "you are already registered" - so I logged in, and it takes me right back to the registration screen. Arggg.

Usually, when I try to login, i just get the "waiting on wibiya.com" and it gives me that node error.

fmckinnon asked a question in Wibiya on August 26, 2009 13:53:

No Suitable nodes are availalbe??

Hi, I got two beta token invites ... on both of them, I'm can't get past the registration - when submitting the information to go to Step 2 ... I get the following error:
No suitable nodes are available to serve your request.
This is appearing on this URL:
http://www.wibiya.com/theme2.php

It's been happening since last night and I've tried again twice this morning.

fmckinnon asked a question in LifeChurch.tv on August 07, 2009 18:28:

RSS feed per user?

Is there a RSS feed for my profile feed/contributions? I thought there used to be? I go to my profile and view my feed, comments, tags, etc - but there is no RSS icon in my browser - I thought at one time users could subscribe to a YouVersion contribution feed per user?

fmckinnon replied on July 26, 2009 14:37 to the question "Are journals private? And why is a Reference required?" in LifeChurch.tv:

Tony, thanks man - I was pretty sure of that, but couldn't find it anywhere in the help area ... was at IHOP in Kansas City after the National Worship Leader Conference and was journaling away in YouVersion in the prayer room.

BTW - I was on the panel for New Media, and taught "Worship + Web2.0" during the classes this past week at the National Worship Leader Conference, and your name came up over and over, LifeChurch.Tv is the standard, God is using you guys tremendously ... getting kudos from all sorts of people. To God be the glory.

Just followed you on twitter @fmckinnon and facebook. Check it out, and thanks for the response.

fmckinnon replied on July 26, 2009 14:01 to the question "Are journals private? And why is a Reference required?" in LifeChurch.tv:

Will, I guess that's what I was saying - I just put Gen 1 as my reference when it's not specific to a verse. But there is no "private" box and I am assuming that a "Journal" is and should aways be a private entry.

I logged out and surfed my profile and searched keywords from my journal entry, and didn't see it ... so hopefully that's ok.

fmckinnon asked a question in LifeChurch.tv on July 25, 2009 21:35:

Are journals private? And why is a Reference required?

#1 - when I create a "Journal" entry within YouVersion - is that always private, or is it viewable by others? I did not notice a "private" checkbox.

#2 - why is a Scripture reference REQUIRED when writing a journal. What if I just want to write down some thoughts that aren't specific to a given passage?

fmckinnon replied on June 27, 2009 19:43 to the question "International Woes - Desperatley Need an Answer within 48 Hours for Mission Team" in Twitter:

Leeanna,
Hi - I'm the person who originally posted this. I never got an official reply from Twitter, but we figured it out - you just signup the way you always have ... and your mission team should text their tweets to the standard 40404 number as always (assuming you are from the US) ...

Our problem was that although the person's phone worked overseas, the international division of AT&T had not enabled international texting ... so, you have to be a real nuisance when you call and tell them that you want ALL FEATURES of your phone to work overseas - including outgoing texting.

By default, most of the cellular carrier operators will say "sure, it will work overseas", but they don't really know that in some cases, something has to be activated additionally.

Since then, we've made 3 other trips this summer - to bolivia, romania, etc ... and all texts came through fine - see http://www.twitter.com/ssccmissions

fmckinnon asked a question in Twitter on June 17, 2009 19:34:

Convert followers to new account

Hey, we originally created an account, @sscckenya for our church's mission trip to Kenya, but now have a more generica one, @ssccmissions that we are using. We want to transfer all the followers from @sscckenya to @ssccmissions, and hoped someone at Twitter could merge the sscckenya account into our ssccmissions account. We could then close the @sscckenya one.

I am happy to provide passwords, or proof of ownership, but obviously, not in this public forum, and wasn't sure how to open an official "ticket" with Twitter support.

We have a mission team in Romania right now that is sending updates, so time is of the essence, we'd really like to get this done ASAP.

Thanks
Fred McKinnon
St. Simons Community Church

fmckinnon asked a question in Twitter on April 01, 2009 20:58:

International Woes - Desperatley Need an Answer within 48 Hours for Mission Team

Please help with International Tweet Options - have waited nearly 2 weeks with no reply. We have verified our phone with the US based 40404 number. It works fine. However, we are going outside the country to Bolivia. When we get into Bolivia - how can we send updates?

Do we text to 40404, or do we text to the international number? If we text to the international number, will it be dropped because our profile says 40404 is the number??

PLEASE ADVISE.

fmckinnon replied on March 25, 2009 19:03 to the question "Church Missions Team trying to send Tweets from Kenya" in Twitter:

Mike, yeah, he has mobile access, but it's VERY $$$$.

fmckinnon replied on March 25, 2009 19:03 to the question "Church Missions Team trying to send Tweets from Kenya" in Twitter:

OK MIke - the thing that worries me is on the Profile Settings for this Twitter account, of course, it has 40404 as the number, since he was here when we activated his phone before leaving. IN the Twitter Help docs, it says that if you try to send a txt to a number other that the one listed in your settings, it will drop.